60 Domestic Notices : — 



Shrubs and Flowers hi bloom on the \5th of Nov., 1833, at Easthwaite 

 Lodge, Lancashire. — Fuchsia gracilis, which I find to be perfectly hardy ; the 

 stem not killed down to the ground, but pushing out branches, in spring, to 

 within a few inches of its top. One of these plants reached the height of 6 ft. 

 this year, and was literally covered with bloom. The Warratah camellia also 

 has resisted the frosts of the last four winters, without other protection than 

 having the ground mulched about its roots. Irish heath, Colutea arborescens, 

 Kklmia serotina, .Erica Tetralix and ciliaris, J'rbutus CTnedo, Finca major, 

 and Rhododendron ponticum. 



Dec. 24. There is now a Rhododendron ponticum, with flowers upon it, 

 in a sheltered situation ; Fiburnum Tinus ; Yucca filamentosa, a few flowers 

 left out of 150, the stern was 5ft. high; Hydrangea hortensis, rose-coloured 

 and blue; Polygala Chamaebuxus, -Tlex virginica, <Spartium scoparium L. 

 (Cytisus «coparius i/c), Cobce v a scandens (6'aprifdlium japonicum and sem- 

 pervirens), Calampelis scabra, Fiburnum Tmus hirta, i/yperieum ^ndros8e v - 

 mum, Ferbena chamaedrifolia, Cydonia japonica, .Daphne altaica, double sweet- 

 briar, yellow Chinese rose, dark red Bengal rose, and about six or eight other 

 varieties of Chinese roses ; several varieties of Pelargonium ; Rosa Champ- 

 neydna, with trusses of fifty and sixty flowers in each ; a Noisette grandi- 

 flora (standard) ; a moss and some common roses, which were transplanted 

 late in spring ; 4'nthemis nobilis fl. pi., chrysanthemums, Geum coccineum, 

 iupinus polyphyl'us, Gilirt capitata, nasturtiums, Lopez/a coronata and race- 

 mosa, ^thanasia annua, Oenothera Lmdleydna, and several others ; .Mimulus 

 luteus, Eschscholtzia californica (rises from self-sown seeds), Ammdbium 

 alatum (the same), Biscutella erigerifolia, ^enecio elegans fl. pi., Campanula 

 Trachelium, Pumaria glauca ; .Lychnis, two or three varieties ; Papaver, three 

 or four varieties ; Geranium Wallichianum, Convolvulus minor, Galinsogea 

 trilobata, Lobel/a fiilgens, Agapanthus umbellatus, Madia elegans; geor- 

 ginas, many varieties; nigellas ; lupines, many varieties; cyanus, delphinium; 

 German stocks and asters, several varieties ; Xeranthemum annuum, claries, 

 wallflowers, Russian and other violets, hollyhocks, malvas, ^4'rabis alpina ; 

 snapdragons, including a very handsome variety from New Holland; red 

 candytuft, yellow hawkweed, a few pinks, several varieties of aster, &c. 



This list would have been much more extended but for some severely 

 frosty nights early in October ; and the terrific gales of wind, and a deluge of 

 rain, which we have lately experienced; which have torn up or beaten down 

 a great number of my best flowers. — T. A. B. Esthwaite Lodge, Lancashire, 

 Dec. 24. 1833. 



Benthdm'iafragifera. — By referring to our Floricultural Notices, p. 69., it 

 will be found that specimens of the flowers and fruit of this eminently beautiful 

 hardy evergreen shrub have been sent us from Cornwall. The general observer 

 may form an idea of it by imagining Cornus florida covered with the flowers 

 of Stuartwz Malachodendron, and the fruit of J'rbutus £/ x nedo but rather larger. 

 We want words to express our admiration of this shrub, and the interest we 

 feel in the associations which are connected with it. It is named in compli- 

 ment to George Bentham, Esq., the secretary to the Horticultural Society, 

 a distinguished botanist ; but we consider it as commemorating also the name 

 of that gentleman's uncle, the greatest benefactor to mankind, in our opinion, 

 that has lived since the commencement of the Christian era. "We could not 

 have desired a finer plant to perpetuate such a name. The Rev. W. Fox, in 

 his admirable sermons on Christian Morality, says, " the late Jeremy Bentham 

 was the ablest expositor of what was really Christian morality, the true law of 

 the Lord as to social duty, that our country or the world has yet produced. 

 The whole of his writings are proofs and illustrations of the position, that we 

 shall find our own greatest happiness in the promotion of the greatest happiness 

 of others." (p. 58.) Benthanua fragifera, beautiful as it is, is so easy of pro- 

 pagation, that it will soon be in every cottage garden. — Cond. 



O'xalis crendta. — We have received a number of communications, laudatory 

 of this plant, as a substitute for, or an auxiliary to, the potato; as a tart 



